Thursday, April 7, 2011

'F' is for...??

Yesterday's word was 'Embarrassment' -- thanks for all your guesses and comments!!  Today, Jessica Bell and I have chosen a word that starts with 'F', and we want you to try and guess what it is.  The word is a noun and either an emotion, a feeling, or a state of mind.  We've each written a short, fictional scene where our characters 'show' this emotion/feeling/state of mind.  Here's my passage:


This is ridiculous, she thinks as she hobbles around on one black sling back pump.  Her first professional job interview is in forty minutes, which means she should be in the car right now.  She shoves aside a pile of dirty laundry in the corner near the closet, shoves it back to check behind the other side.  No shoe.   Los Angeles traffic is unpredictable at any hour of the day, and the offices of Chiat/Day/Mojo are two beach cities up the Pacific Coast Highway from her sister’s apartment in Hermosa Beach.  She needs this job so she can afford a place of her own. 

Stomping across discarded magazines and art supplies that litter the floor, she yanks aside the curtains flanking the window.  The shoe isn’t hiding there, but the little, pink teddy bear her ex-boyfriend gave her is.  She punts it with her pump-armored toe.  

Where the hell IS it?  She turns, fingers digging into the waistline of her pencil skirt.  And there, on the second shelf of the bookcase, peeking out from under a fallen over copy of Jane Eyre, is the elusive pump.  She snatches it up and wiggles her foot into it.  A glance at her watch tells her traffic has to be light and she has to hit all green lights in order to (maybe) make it on time.  Then a devastating thought hits her:  Where the hell are my keys?


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Figured out the emotion/feeling/state of mind?  Leave your guess in the comments!  And please follow this link to Jessica's post and read her take on the 'F' word of the day!


                                    

27 comments:

Jessica Bell said...

ha! Good one. Last line clinches it! :o)

Jennifer Shirk said...

Ha! Sounds like me. But that's not an F word. LOL

How about Frazzled?

S.A. Larsenッ said...

Mmm...I was going to say frustrated but I like Jennifer's frazzled better. Either way, great piece.

Matthew MacNish said...

The cool part about how you guys are doing this is that the first of your two blogs I visit is a blast to guess at and muck around with. The only uncool part is that whoever I visit second is slightly less exciting.

You're both incredible writers, so it's always fun to read your pieces, but it's not quite as exciting when I already know the word, which is clearly fatigued, flustered and footloose, here.

Notes Along the Way with Mary Montague Sikes said...

How about flustered or forgetful? She's a flustered and forgetful footloose woman!!!

I see you're also a Libra, so you have to love art! Thanks for your comment on my blog!!!

Monti
NotesAlongTheWay

Unknown said...

That last line is awesome! Oh can I feel your MC. Frustration is my guess here.

Samantha Vérant said...

What a creative way to approach this challenge! Really, the most creative I've seen! I'm a bit frustrated, maybe even a little frazzled to have not thought of it myself. Whoops. FORGOT what I was going to say...

Michael Di Gesu said...

I thought frenzied, frazzled, forgetful. But all of these are NOT nouns. So I'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out.

Linda G. said...

Total frustration. Nicely done! :)

Cherie Reich said...

I think the word is "frustrated." I'm loving reading these. They're fun.

Lola Sharp said...

Frustrated.

Stacy McKitrick said...

Frustration.

Laura S. said...

Frustration. Been there, lol.

The Writing Goddess said...

Loved the LA setting - we've all been frustrated negotiating the traffic. Fun posts, fun game. :-)

Donna K. Weaver said...

What fun!

Ishta Mercurio said...

Love this post about frustration - and Jessica is right, the last line is the kicker! Nice post.

Nate Wilson said...

Frantic or flustered? Frenzied or Forgetful? I just can't decide, which makes me really frustrated.

(By the way, I enjoy the letter images you've been using this month. Very nice touch.)

Chris Phillips said...

Fruitcakes!

Marjorie said...

Frazzled or Flustered?

Theresa Milstein said...

First was going to say frazzled or frantic, but she's so cranky. Freakin' frustrated?

Erin M. Hartshorn said...

Frustrated, probably.

Very nice description!

Erin's blog

jkraus8464 said...

Frustrated is my guess. Or a bad word that rhymes with "tuck". Ha. Had to get that in. This is truly fun to see the two of you work together to provide us with fun and great reading.

DiscConnected said...

Frustrated!

LC

Joanna said...

I'm thinking the word is fragmented. I feel like that several times a day. I love your approach to the ABC Challenge.

J. D. Brown said...

My guess is Frantic!

Haha, these are fun. And a great way to practice "showing" in writing. You do it very well.

Alison Pearce Stevens said...

I guess frustrated. Great scene!

Joss said...

I'm guessing frustration, really enjoyed your post thanks for sharing